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And just how is psychiatry improving mental health?

An examination of two countries that are among the highest psychiatric drug use per capita in the world finds that both have long statistical trends of increased suicides.

Psychiatry’s DSM – just a bunch of opinions

Psychiatry’s influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is only based on the consensus of opinions of a small number of American Psychiatric Association psychiatrists, rather than science.

Danish study finds the more psychiatric treatment, the greater risk of suicide

Despite attempts to explain away shocking outcomes, the bottom line is that persons receiving psychiatric interventions were found to more likely commit suicide

What’s gone wrong with Australia’s youth mental health?

With youth suicide rates rising from the mid 2000s and astonishing increases in psychiatric drugs being prescribed, where have things gone wrong with the handling of youth mental health?

Antipsychotics – a horrible replacement for even worse alternatives

When the first antipsychotic, chlorpromazine, emerged in the 1950s it was gleefully described by psychiatrists as a ‘chemical lobotomy’ – as though this was something to aim for.

Akathisia – side effects of psychiatric drugs

An image of a person suffering from akatisia

“It may be less of a question of patients experiencing fluoxetine-induced suicidal ideation than patients feeling that ‘death is a welcome result’ when the acutely discomforting symptoms of akathisia are… Read More »Akathisia – side effects of psychiatric drugs

Chemical imbalance – psychiatry as a pharma marketing tool

A hand pouring pills into a person's head

Despite hundreds, if not thousands of contributions from psychiatrists in support of the chemical imbalance theory, some leading voices in the field deny there ever was a theory and the… Read More »Chemical imbalance – psychiatry as a pharma marketing tool

Rape and sexual assault by psychiatrists

“In every house where I come, I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction, and especially from the… Read More »Rape and sexual assault by psychiatrists

ECT: Is this the best you can do?

It is estimated that the use of ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) in the USA alone provides around 1.8 billion dollars in annual income to psychiatry. It is big business and that… Read More »ECT: Is this the best you can do?

Neuroscience is failing psychiatry

“Unfortunately, it is still not possible to cite a single neuroscience or genetic finding that has been of use to the practicing psychiatrist in managing these illnesses despite attempts to… Read More »Neuroscience is failing psychiatry

The lunacy of lobotomy

Walter Freedman (left) with James Watts avidly promoted and performed lobotomies in the United States, leaving behind tens of thousands of victims.

If any activity in psychiatry conjures up pictures of lunatic psychiatrists running around performing sadistic human experimentation on terrified patients, it is lobotomy.

Psychiatric drugs: Australia, what are they doing to your children?

A child collasped with psychiatric drugs

Psychiatric drug prescribing for children is markedly increasing An Australian study regarding psychiatric drug prescribing for children found significant increases in all classes of psychotropic… Read More »Psychiatric drugs: Australia, what are they doing to your children?